PELORUS GUARDIAN FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1893.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 4, Issue 19, 10 March 1893, Page 2

PELORUS GUARDIAN FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1893.

A contribution will be found in another part of the paper on th« subject of " Havelock as it is, and as it might be." We hope we are not betraying confidence when we say the article is the joint production of two young ladies outside the town, and there is a good deal in what they say. That which gave us the greatest pleasure, however, was the evident care devoted to the writing, composition, and punctuation of the manuscript before it was forwarded to us, and we shall always be pleased to hear from any of our young friends who may have a desire to express their thoughts in, writing when the same care is taken over their composition. Messrs H. G. Clark, C. H. Mills M.H.R., and A. P. Seymour, are appointed commissioners to classify and report on certain rural lands in the land district of Marlborough. The Agricultural Department are issuing a second pamphlet on the dairy industry. Three hundred thousand people were present at the ceremony of installing Grover Cleveland as President of the United States. Ten inches of rain fell in eight hours in the outlying districts of New South Wales, and great damage has been done. Messrs J. H. Redwood, J. A. Lambert, and T. Carter, have been elected for the vacancies in the Education Board. The Enterprise Building Society of Melbourne has lost £3,000 upon a year's work, and depositorshave been invited to consider the position. A rich lode has been discovered near Wangaratta, Victoria. Fifty-five tons of stone yielded 4970zs of gold. A London cable states that Messrs Turnbuli, Martin and Co, are about to start a monthly line of steamers to New Zealand. They are building two fast ten thousand ton boats for the frozen meat trade. [Surely this must be a mistake. Is it possible for any firm to be so mad as to think of trading with a country that has been smashed up and done for by the " seven devils of socialism ?" We notice that Mr Gale, President of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, looks upon the increased deposits at the banks as a good sign. Our Blenheim Tory evening contemporary asserted some time ago that it was a very bad sign. But what can Mr Gale know about commercial matters in comparison to our contemporary ? New advertisements will be found elsewhere from James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington, in which special reference is made to a new kind of rain-proof serge. Messrs Cameron & Christie, ironmongers, of Wellington, who are always importing the latest novelties and inventions, have a number of advertisements elsewhere in reference to special lines. There was nothing of any particular general interest transacted at the Education Board meeting on Tuesday last. £2 10s was granted to repair chimneys at Havelock injured by the earthquake. An additional scholarship every alternate year was recommended. The vexed # question of having a mistress appointed for the Picton school in place of two pupilteachers caused a good deal of discussion. On a division it was decided to adhere to the Board's regulations. Mr Litchfield, Inspector, and Mr Snodgrass, Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, have just been visiting Cullensville, Havelock, and Deep Creek, and were very much pleased with the beautiful scenery and prospect? of the district. We hope very soon to note such progress has been made that we shall be able to support a branch bank in Havelock. The Rev. E. Ensor will (d.v.) conduct Divine service on Sunday next at Onaraalutu at 11 a.m., at Okaramio at 8 p.m., and at St. Peter's Havelock, at 7 p.m. Lenten lecture on Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. It is stated that the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners which re- ! cently sat in Chrisfcchurch will recommend the Government to buy several blocks under offer. The Public Works Department has been requested to lay off the line of railway which will run'through the Cheviot estate, in order that the necessary reservation of land may be male before aay of it is leased. The Sultan of Zanzibar hss joined the great majority. Two shops in the Square, Palmerston North, were destroyed by fire last Tuesday. At the sheep sale on the Cheviot estate 480 persons W/sre present, and the ruling market prises were obtained. The s.s. Waitapu will arrive here from Wellington this morning, and will leave again at one o'clock.

We have received from the RegistrarGeneral a report, in book form, giving a complete compilation of the census taken in 1891. The same care and attention has been paid to this report as in the case of the Official Handbook, and a great deal of valuable information can be obtained by a careful study of its contents, while it is an excellent work of reference. In this age of commercial enterprise it becomes necessary that exact information should be obtained in regard to population and the occupations, &c, of the people for the guidance of those concerned in our welfare. In the report above referred to, and in other respects, we have no reason to complain of the work done by the RegisGeneral's Department. The young man Albert Thomas, who pleaded guilty of the attempted murder of J. L. Kirkbride, proprietor of the Evening Press, Wellington, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. The late Sir Charles Clifford was the defendant in the first breach of promise case tried in New Zealand. The jury awarded the deserted one, Miss Fitzgerald, JSOO. A New Plymouth telegram states that a quantity of wreckage has come ashore at Waifcara, including two lifebuoys with the name " Gowanbourn Greenock." The wreckage is supposed to be that of the four-masted barque Gowanbourn, of 1999 tons, which left Newcastle for San Francisco on the 15th ult. with 2,971 tons of coal. We are glad to hear that the Premier's health has so far improved that he intends returning to Wellington next week. A boy met with a fearful accident at Auckland by getting entaugled in the machinery of a roller-mill. The boy got into the mill unnoticed, and was caught in some of the gear, wound close against the drum, where he revolved with it for some hours, and was discovered next morning with his head downwards. The boy was at first unconscious, but afterwards spoke, and was removed to the hospital, where he has since died. There was a clean sheet presented on Wednesday, and therefore no sitting of the R. M. Court. The mails close for Wellington per s.s. Waitapu at 11 a.m. this morning. E. J. Warner "& Co, of Nelson, who are relingnishing business, are holding a tremendous clearing sale, the premises being crowded daily. They would like their Havelock customers to share m the bargains but cannot quote or send patterns as the stock is being rapidly sold off. If, however, anyone cares to send along an order for home cheap goods stating what they require and enclosing P.O. order to cover the amount, vVarner & Co. will send them a parcel that will astonish all who see it.—Address: Warner and Co., Drapers, Nelson.